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Nissan to test African demand for its e-Power hybrid vehicle – ET Auto

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Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor plans to introduce its e-power hybrid technology car in Tunisia, its Africa head said on Tuesday, as part of plans to test demand in the African market for electric vehicles. “We’ve been leveraging our technology because Africa is not ready in terms of infrastructure availability of electricity.”

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BMW Group signs €540M supply contract with Ganfeng for lithium from mines in Australia

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As part of its electromobility expansion, the BMW Group is deepening its existing business relationship with Ganfeng Lithium based in Jiangxi (China). Cobalt will be sourced directly from mines in Australia and Morocco in the future. This ensures full transparency over where raw materials come from.

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BMW boosts CATL battery order to €7.3B, signs €2.9B battery order with Samsung SDI

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We strongly supported and played an active part in establishing CATL in Germany. The BMW Group will source the cobalt needed as a key raw material for cell production directly from mines in Australia and Morocco and make it available to CATL and Samsung SDI. (BBA) joint venture in Shenyang. —Andreas Wendt.

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BMW targeting doubling energy density of battery cells by 2030, with current i3 as basis

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The BMW Group is developing future generations of battery cells at the new Competence Center, focusing on customer-relevant aspects, such as improving energy density, available peak output, service life, safety, charging characteristics and performance at varying temperatures, and reducing battery costs.

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Study reports non-US global shale gas recoverable resources of 5,760 Tcf; global shale gas boosts total recoverable natural gas resources by 40%

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Initial assessments of 48 shale gas basins containing almost 70 shale gas formations in 32 countries suggest that shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost to US natural gas production, are also available in other world regions. These include France, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, South Africa, Morocco, and Chile.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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The journey to Mauritania also attracted me because it went through Southern Spain and Morocco, where I had never been before. But I wanted to discover Morocco, so I took about 10 days for the trip. But I wanted to discover Morocco, so I took about 10 days for the trip. Travelling by train in Morocco is really good.

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Roskill: Spread of COVID-19 threatens cobalt supply; bottlenecks out of DRC

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Roskill has so far recorded the closure of 21 operations as a result of the outbreak, including: Vale’s Voisey’s Bay and Glencore’s Sudbury in Canada; Ambatovy in Madagascar; Coral Bay and Taganito in the Philippines; CTT in Morocco.

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